Show Off Your FSU

[Dez]

Congratulations on your nice new Zorki 6.
The Zorki 6 and FED 2 are widely considered to be the best of the FSU cameras for general use, although there are many dissenting opinions out there, and endless debate about which if the two is better. This is part of what makes this forum enjoyable.
The cameras are decent and dirt cheap, and that's a pretty good combination!

Cheers,
Dez

 

[Swift1]

Congratulations on your nice new Zorki 6.
The Zorki 6 and FED 2 are widely considered to be the best of the FSU cameras for general use, although there are many dissenting opinions out there, and endless debate about which if the two is better. This is part of what makes this forum enjoyable.
The cameras are decent and dirt cheap, and that's a pretty good combination!

Cheers,
Dez

Thanks. I'm pretty impressed with it so far. Everything seems to work smoothly and properly. It does have a really user friendly feel and feature set. Slow speeds would be nice to have, but really aren't critical. The Zorki 6 seems to combine the best features of the FED 2 and FED 3, plus a few bonus features.

 

[Fotohuis]

I have two Zorki-6 apart from a Leica M7. With some Jupiter optics I have to look carefully on 13x18cm prints for which camera and lens it was made. These pre-war Zeiss design lenses can be very good. However lenses and cameras have been all with a CLA. About the same age which I am: 1961.

 

[Dez]

Here's my Z6. I really don't like that rubberized fabric, so I replaced it with leather.

Leather Zorki 6 by John Desmond, on Flickr

And my FED 2. I can't decide which one is better.

Leather FED2 by John Desmond, on Flickr



Cheers,
Dez

 

[Swift1]

Here's my Z6. I really don't like that rubberized fabric, so I replaced it with leather.



Cheers,
Dez

Ooo, I like the brown. Are those both Jupiter-3s? I'd love to get a nice J-3.

Here's my sister's FED 2 that I bought her about 6 years ago. And my FED 3 in the background.

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

You would not believe how much fun it is to shoot a Zorki "standard".

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

A long journey from home. My new Zorki-zorki with Jupiter 8, all reconditioned by Alex in Ukraine. Both body & lens near mint, not a mark on the glass.

 

[Swift1]

Recently picked up a KMZ made finder for my J-12.

 

[css9450]

Recently picked up a KMZ made finder for my J-12.

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Looks familiar! I have the exact same set... My Zorki-4 is newer though, I think. A good workhouse of a kit!
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[Greyscale]

GOMZ Leningrad by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Swift1]

GOMZ Leningrad by Mike Novak, on Flickr

Very cool! Is it in working condition?

 

[Swift1]

Went out to coffee with my friend and fellow member GerryM. He brought his recently acquired 1955 Zorki 3M and Jupiter-8 50/2, so we took this photo of the 3M next to my 1957 Zorki 4.

 

[fanshaw]

Thanks. I'm pretty impressed with it so far. Everything seems to work smoothly and properly. It does have a really user friendly feel and feature set. Slow speeds would be nice to have, but really aren't critical. The Zorki 6 seems to combine the best features of the FED 2 and FED 3, plus a few bonus features.

A weakness of the Zorki 6 is the door catch. It is easy to open it accidentally, for instance by putting the camera in the erc.

 

[ForestCap]

A weakness of the Zorki 6 is the door catch. It is easy to open it accidentally, for instance by putting the camera in the erc.

It's very easy to fix that if it happens. Just remove the two screws on the door lock, take the locking metal bar out and bend it slightly, then put everything back.

 

[schyter]

Leningrad & Jupiter 12

Leningrad & Jupiter 12

Leningrad & Jupiter 12

 

[Greyscale]

Very cool! Is it in working condition?

Not yet. Problems with the film advance.

 

[valdas]

 

[carbo73]

Hi, I'm new in the forum and in the old camera collect, although I'm used to film cameras back in the 90's up untill I changed to digital in 2006. But last year I began the journey back to the classics. 🙂😀

This is the first rangefinder I've bought. a 1939 NKVD FED-1.

 

[carbo73]

Here's a top view with all the nice and long text that makes this type of camera very interesting (a little piece of Soviet history here):

And it works, too (althoug with some problems with the advance of the film and a loose screw in the frontal part of the camera):

 

[davidnewtonguitars]

Carbo it is about as nice a picture as any! Certainly worth tightening up the screw.